Ni-Co bimetallic catalyst for CH₄ reforming with CO₂

Abstract

A co-precipitation method was employed to prepare Ni/Al₂O₃-ZrO₂, Co/Al₂O₃-ZrO₂ and Ni-Co/Al₂O₃-ZrO₂ catalysts. Their properties were characterized by N₂ adsorption (BET), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), temperature-programmed reduction (TPR), temperature-programmed desorption (CO₂-TPD), and temperature-programmed surface reaction (CH₄-TPSR and CO₂-TPSR). Ni-Co/Al₂O₃-ZrO₂ bimetallic catalyst has good performance in the reduction of active components Ni, Co and CO₂ adsorption. Compared with mono-metallic catalyst, bimetallic catalyst could provide more active sites and CO₂ adsorption sites (C+ CO₂ = 2CO) for the methane-reforming reaction, and a more appropriate force formed between active components and composite support (SMSI) for the catalytic reaction. According to the CH₄-CO₂-TPSR, there were 80.9% and 81.5% higher CH₄ and CO₂ conversion over Ni-Co/Al₂O₃-ZrO₂ catalyst, and its better resistance to carbon deposition, less than 0.5% of coke after 4 h reaction, was found by TGA. The high activity and excellent anti-coking of the Ni-Co/Al₂O₃-ZrO₂ catalyst were closely related to the synergy between Ni and Co active metal, the strong metal-support interaction and the use of composite support.

Keywords

Ni-Co bimetallic catalyst / composite support / CH₄ reforming with CO₂

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